NewsPosted December 13, 2018 Curtiba, Brazil: 7,000 Young People Drive Health Mega-Fair

By: Willian Vieira and Paulo Ribeiro, South American Division, and Adventist Review, courtesy Adventist Review

Thousands of young people paraded down the main pedestrian street of Curitiba in southern Brazil, setting up a health fair that taught residents about natural remedies and the benefits of healthy living, on November 17, 2018. Organizers estimate that about 7,000 Seventh-day Adventist young people from the southern states of Paraná, Santa Catarina, and Rio Grande do Sul took part in the activity, on the third day of a regional camporee being held nearby.

“The focus of [the camporee] activities is getting involved to share the good news of the gospel wherever you are,” organizers said. As a way of reaching out to a sizable number of people in that city of 1.9 million residents, a massive health fair was put together along the city’s main street. There, young people shared the benefits of natural remedies — pure air, sunlight, water, rest, temperance, faith, physical exercise, and healthy eating.